caa a22 4500 475765257 CHVBK 20180406123603.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008777013115 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008777013115 Punch Maurice Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, London School of Economics and Department of Sociology, University of Essex, Veenendaalplein 8, NL 1185 DD, Amstelveen, Netherlands aut Police Corruption and its Prevention [Elektronische Daten] [Maurice Punch] This article has two themes. Firstly, that police corruption is not an individual aberration of an incidental nature that can be readily combated with temporary, repressive measures. The 'new realism' on this maintains that corruption and police misconduct are persistent and constantly recurring hazards generated by the organisation itself. Secondly, there is consensus on effective measures to tackle it and to promote integrity. Ingredients are strong leadership, a multi-faceted organisational strategy, a well-resourced internal affairs unit, proactive techniques of investigation, and persistent efforts to promote professional standards. The essence is a judicious and sophisticated balance between negative and positive social control. Policing is about the rule of law and due process: corruption and other forms of police deviance undermine the legitimacy of the police organisation and by implication the state. A 'clean' police is a crucial barometer of a healthy society. One can have few illusions about the difficulty of achieving this but a comparative review of the experience in four societies - USA, Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands - provides clear indicators about reform, control and leadership in fostering integrity and in tackling corruption. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 control nationallicence corruption nationallicence discipline nationallicence integrity nationallicence leadership nationallicence reform nationallicence European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/3(2000-09-01), 301-324 0928-1371 8:3<301 2000 8 10610 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008777013115 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008777013115 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Punch Maurice Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, London School of Economics and Department of Sociology, University of Essex, Veenendaalplein 8, NL 1185 DD, Amstelveen, Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/3(2000-09-01), 301-324 0928-1371 8:3<301 2000 8 10610 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer